They are
the result of a specific breeding program in the western USA between the 1960's and 1980's.
Not exact matches
Inbreeding by scab breeders and kennel owners has
resulted in a deterioration
of the line
of many popular
breeds such as poodles, Bedlingtons and boxers, sometimes creating a
specific brain disorder, which means that the animal has to be destroyed.
The documentary looks at how many
breeds have had their physical appearance so exaggerated they're unrecognizable from a century ago, and it examines some
of the
breed -
specific health problems that have
resulted from breeders emphasizing looks over health when
breeding dogs for shows.
Scottish Folds show a large array
of different solid colors, bi-color patterns, and
specific colorings that are the
result of hybridization and intercrossing within the
breed.
Results of mandatory
breed -
specific S / N in SF: success in San Francisco, where in just eight years there was a 49 % decline in the number
of pit - bulls impounded, a 23 % decline in the number
of pit - bulls euthanized, and an 81 % decline in the number
of pit - bulls involved in fatal and disfiguring attacks.
And although
breed specific legislation proponents like to say that millions
of Americans are bitten every year (a dubious proposition), what they donâ $ ™ t say is that, even if that were true (it is not), over 92 %
of dog bites
result in no injuries.
The Labrador retriever, and virtually every other recognized purebred
breed,
of today is the
result of carefully selected use, by those who developed the
breed,
of other
breeds many, many years ago to refine and strengthen
specific traits breeders wanted.
The
results of breed specific laws are consistent — with no increase in public safety, and a lot
of dead dogs.
«Very Good Sentences - why just preaching supervising dogs & children won't work Main The
results of breed -
specific laws in Aurora, CO»
This may cause inconsistency in the distribution
of the
results, thus giving a misleading impression
of the severity
of the condition within a
specific breed, as the grading is made solely on the subjective opinion
of the eye scheme examiner.
The
result is an extensive selection
of formulas catering to the
specific needs
of individual pets based on life stage, size, lifestyle,
breed, and health status.
A CHIC number is issued when test
results areentered into the database satisfying each
breed specific requirement, and when the owner
of the dog has opted to release the
results into the public domain.
Based on tested and proven training methods that are guaranteed to deliver
results, it's a Border Collie
breed specific manual that covers every single facet
of raising an obedient and healthy dog.
The various conformational changes used in creating
breed -
specific phenotypes often
results in large regions
of extended homozygosity across the genome [31 — 35].
 This has been a consistent
result; regardless
of the geographic area and regardless
of whether that area has enacted or attempted to enforce
breed specific laws.
A CHIC number is issued when test
results are entered into the database satisfying each
breed specific requirement, and when the owner
of the dog has opted to release the
results into the public domain.
As a
result of people's irresponsible decision to run out and buy them, we'll surely see
breed specific legislation against this beautiful
breed very soon.
An important point to make is that the
results of this study, being
breed -
specific, with regard to the effects
of early and late neutering can not be extrapolated to other
breeds, or dogs in general.
In the year before the ordinance, 2005, 502 pit bulls were impounded, compared to only 252 in 2007.7 When
breed -
specific laws are combined with an anti-chaining ordinance, as was done in Little Rock's pit bull ordinance, excellent outcomes
resulted as well: The commonality
of seeing a pit bull chained in its owner's yard disappeared.8
The OFA maintains an extensive database
of health testing
results for every
breed of dog and has determined which
specific issues each
breed is most at risk for.
Many dogs develop these kinds
of behaviors as a
result of past scary experiences, stress in a recent shelter environment, or their natural inherited or
breed specific traits; not always stemming from past abuse.
The dangerous dogs act was a law passed in the United Kingdom in 1991 aimed to try to reduce the number
of dog attacks by
specific breeds.Parliament stepped in to create this Act after a slew
of incidences where serious injury or death
resulted from dog attacks
of a particularly aggressive
breed that were uncontrolled.
The banning
of specific breeds does not accomplish this, as thus is not a «
results - oriented» approach.
This is the
result of laws targeting
specific breeds.
City Councils around the country that discuss the topic
of Breed Specific Legislation must be «
results - oriented».
The authors
of the study believe that this predisposition to a thunder phobia is a direct
result of breeding for
specific characteristics in these dogs.
In order to overcome the issue
of breed -
specific differences
resulting in widespread false positives, several
breeds were used that, aside from the trait under investigation, were phenotypically similar to the affected individuals.
The red crabs will only
breed during a very
specific time frame — very
specific, e.g., the high tide
of the last quarter
of the moon during the rainy season — so when the precise moment comes, the crabs synchronize their move
resulting in an island teeming with creatures on the run.
Examined
results of breeding studies to discover and enhance characteristics such as yield, quality, adaptation to
specific soils or climates, and resistance to diseases and pests.